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July 07, 2017

Q&A: Jessica Strawser on 'Almost Missed You,' a Marriage-Centered Thriller

July 07, 2017/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Jessica Strawser on 'Almost Missed You,' a Marriage-Centered Thriller

Exploring the Mysteries of Close Family Relationships

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July 07, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Thrillers, Marriage, Publishing
July 05, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Preparing for Our Robotic Future, a Tale of Love and Arson, and More

July 05, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Preparing for Our Robotic Future, a Tale of Love and Arson, and More

And a Convicted Killer's Short Stories on Prison Life

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July 05, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Artificial Intelligence, Prisons, Arson, War
June 30, 2017

LISTS: The 5 Books Bill Gates Says You Should Read This Summer

June 30, 2017/ Adam Cohen
LISTS: The 5 Books Bill Gates Says You Should Read This Summer

Including Memoirs from a Comedian, a 'Hillbilly,' and an Ex-President

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June 30, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
List
Bill Gates, Book Recommendations, Memoirs, Science
June 28, 2017

ESSAY: Fireflies in a Glass: Catching the Light After an Author is Gone

June 28, 2017/ Adam Cohen
ESSAY: Fireflies in a Glass: Catching the Light After an Author is Gone

Reynolds Price's Niece on Being a Literary Executor for a Great Writer

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June 28, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Essay
Reynolds Price, Writers, Literary Executors
June 26, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: A Disease that Makes People Too Good, Thelma & Louise, and More

June 26, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Disease that Makes People Too Good, Thelma & Louise, and More

And a Memoir About Growing Up in a Very Eccentric Hollywood Clan

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June 26, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Barack Obama, William Syndrome, Thelma and Louise, Hollywood
June 24, 2017

NEWS: John Grisham is Doing a Podcast of His Book Tour -- and It's Great

June 24, 2017/ Adam Cohen
NEWS: John Grisham is Doing a Podcast of His Book Tour -- and It's Great

He Talks With Famous Authors and Local Booksellers -- and His Literary Agent

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June 24, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
News
John Grisham, Book Tours, Book Industry, Podcasts
June 22, 2017

ESSAY: The Trump and Xi Jinping Era: Finding Support in Music and Words

June 22, 2017/ Adam Cohen
ESSAY: The Trump and Xi Jinping Era: Finding Support in Music and Words

These creative works "won't keep the sky from falling," but they help

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June 22, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Essay
China, Trump, J.D. Souther, Pen International
June 21, 2017

LIST: 5 Great Things About Al Franken's (Very Funny) New Political Memoir

June 21, 2017/ Adam Cohen
LIST: 5 Great Things About Al Franken's (Very Funny) New Political Memoir

We Need More Political Books with Franken's Take-No-Prisoners Sense of Humor

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June 21, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
List
Al Franken, Democrats, Politics
June 19, 2017

5 Hot Books: A Prostitute's Memoir, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, and More

June 19, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: A Prostitute's Memoir, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, and More

And a Look at Why Authoritarianism May Be on the Rise

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June 19, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Bob Dylan, Liberalism
June 16, 2017

VIDEO: Today is Bloomsday. Hear Actor Stephen Fry Explain Why He Loves 'Ulysses'

June 16, 2017/ Adam Cohen
VIDEO: Today is Bloomsday. Hear Actor Stephen Fry Explain Why He Loves 'Ulysses'

He Thinks It's the Best Book in English, or Close to It

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June 16, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Video
James Joyce, Ulysses, Bloomsday
June 14, 2017

READ THIS: An Exploration of Southern Food, Full of Race, Class, and Feminism

June 14, 2017/ Adam Cohen
READ THIS: An Exploration of Southern Food, Full of Race, Class, and Feminism

And that time when Gospel Singer Mahalia Jackson Opened a Fried Chicken Chain

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June 14, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Read This
Food, The South, Cooking
June 12, 2017

5 Hot Books: Young Radicals in the 1910's, a Vietnam War Turning Point, and More

June 12, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: Young Radicals in the 1910's, a Vietnam War Turning Point, and More

And Sherman Alexie's Compelling Memoir About His Problematic Mother

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June 12, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
5 Hot Books
Vietnam War, Radicalism, Native Americans
June 09, 2017

REVIEW: A Novel that Explores a Famous Writer's Death, and its Aftermath

June 09, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Novel that Explores a Famous Writer's Death, and its Aftermath

Julia Glass Takes a Deep Dive into Celebrity Culture

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June 09, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Celebrities, Famous Writers, Death
June 07, 2017

Q&A: Two Sisters, a New Bookstore, and a Feminist Take on Romance Novels

June 07, 2017/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Two Sisters, a New Bookstore, and a Feminist Take on Romance Novels

A Younger, Hipper Approach to Selling 'Bodice Rippers'

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June 07, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Romance Literature, Genre Fiction, Bookstores
June 05, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Bobby Kennedy's Evolution, Why Popularity Matters, and More

June 05, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Bobby Kennedy's Evolution, Why Popularity Matters, and More

And a Charming Novel About Leaving Tribeca for Queens

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June 05, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Popularity, Robert F. Kennedy, Syria
June 02, 2017

Q&A: A Mother Takes on Her Son's "Impossible" Disease -- and Wins

June 02, 2017/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: A Mother Takes on Her Son's "Impossible" Disease -- and Wins

"We felt we didn't have a choice not to share the information with other parents."

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June 02, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Disease, Parenthood
May 30, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Al Franken's Hilarious Memoir, Disposable Workers, and More

May 30, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Al Franken's Hilarious Memoir, Disposable Workers, and More

And a Fine, Inventive Novel from an Actor on "30 Rock"

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May 30, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Al Franken, Politics, Employment, Michigan
May 27, 2017

REVIEW: A Gruesome Child Murder, as Told by a Victim of Childhood Sexual Abuse

May 27, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Gruesome Child Murder, as Told by a Victim of Childhood Sexual Abuse

A True Crime-Memoir Mashup that Has Strengths and Weaknesses

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May 27, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Child Abuse, True Crime, Murder
May 24, 2017

Q&A: How Did We End Up with this Far-Right Supreme Court?

May 24, 2017/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: How Did We End Up with this Far-Right Supreme Court?

Historian Laura Kalman Traces it All Back to Richard Nixon

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May 24, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Q & A
Supreme Court, Conservatism, Law, Right-Wing Politics, Richard Nixon
May 22, 2017

5 HOT BOOKS: Churchill and Orwell, a Journalist's Africa Memoir, and More

May 22, 2017/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: Churchill and Orwell, a Journalist's Africa Memoir, and More

And a Minnesotan's Travels through the World of High-End New York Restaurants

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May 22, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Winston Churchill, George Orwell, Africa, Palestinian Fiction, Restaurants
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